Clark, Thanks for that suggestion. Plotly is kind of a hot mess. Setting the margin attributes as suggested at plotly.com works only part of the time, mainly, as far as I can tell, for 2D plots such as scatter and line plots. It does not work for surface plots, at least on the top and bottom. Go figure. So you are left with tweaking the size and at the same time the margins, and usually getting some kind of weird interaction. The destination for these is in LyX so I’ve spent a few hours there trying to tweak the clipping function which I suspect is not working correctly. And back in Plotly, it uses a different API for subplots, and many of the attributes that you might use in making a plot headed for a supblot are overwritten when inside the subplot. I’m using Plotly mainly because it makes gorgeous lighted surface plots which are highly interactive using the computer’s GPU.
Jerry > On Mar 18, 2024, at 8:36 AM, clark richards <clark.richa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Jerry, > > I'm not too experienced with Plotly, and this is just like, my opinion > (man)[^1], but I think you're going to be much better off in the long run > figuring out how to control the plot margins during creation rather than > clipping them after. A quick google suggests that it is possible, maybe > depending on how you're calling/creating your plot (e.g. from python, R, > etc). For example: > > Setting graph size in Python (plotly.com) > <https://plotly.com/python/setting-graph-size/> > > Best, > Clark > > [^1]: As stated by "The Dude" i.e. the Big Lebowski > > On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 10:31 AM > <skim-app-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:skim-app-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: > Send Skim-app-users mailing list submissions to > skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > skim-app-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:skim-app-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > skim-app-users-ow...@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:skim-app-users-ow...@lists.sourceforge.net> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Skim-app-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Programmatically cropping PDF images (list_em...@icloud.com > <mailto:list_em...@icloud.com>) > 2. Re: Programmatically cropping PDF images (Christiaan Hofman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 23:20:08 -0700 > From: list_em...@icloud.com <mailto:list_em...@icloud.com> > To: For general discussion about using Skim > <skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> > Subject: [Skim-app-users] Programmatically cropping PDF images > Message-ID: <8a1dba61-3564-428d-8616-3c4a94551...@icloud.com > <mailto:8a1dba61-3564-428d-8616-3c4a94551...@icloud.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I am making PDF plots using Plotly which sometimes leaves more white space at > the margins than seems necessary, especially when considering cramming them > into a column in a paper. Skim does a nice job of cropping, but I?m wondering > if there is a way to do this programmatically, e.g,. from Python, Julia, or > Ada. I know that Skim is scriptable but I can?t find anything in Skim?s > Applescript dictionary about cropping. > > I know that if there is an Applescript for doing this on a specified file or > all the PDFs in a folder that I can issue the command from any of the other > mentioned languages. I would gladly consider a non-Skim way also but I need a > method that detects the white-space margins rather than having me manually > determine the coordinates of a crop box since they will be different for > different images. > > Jerry > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:50:00 +0100 > From: Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com <mailto:cmhof...@gmail.com>> > To: For general discussion about using Skim > <skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> > Subject: Re: [Skim-app-users] Programmatically cropping PDF images > Message-ID: <991ec7fe-f1d3-4bb0-acc8-e4865f65d...@gmail.com > <mailto:991ec7fe-f1d3-4bb0-acc8-e4865f65d...@gmail.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > On 18 Mar 2024, at 07:20, list_email--- via Skim-app-users > > <skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > <mailto:skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: > > > > I am making PDF plots using Plotly which sometimes leaves more white space > > at the margins than seems necessary, especially when considering cramming > > them into a column in a paper. Skim does a nice job of cropping, but I?m > > wondering if there is a way to do this programmatically, e.g,. from Python, > > Julia, or Ada. I know that Skim is scriptable but I can?t find anything in > > Skim?s Applescript dictionary about cropping. > > > > I know that if there is an Applescript for doing this on a specified file > > or all the PDFs in a folder that I can issue the command from any of the > > other mentioned languages. I would gladly consider a non-Skim way also but > > I need a method that detects the white-space margins rather than having me > > manually determine the coordinates of a crop box since they will be > > different for different images. > > > > Jerry > > > There are various bounds properties for pages in the Skim AppleScript > dictionary. there is a ?bounds?, ?media bounds? and ?content bounds?. In > particular, the latter one especially detects the white margins of the page. > The other two are properties of the PDF that can also be changed (in > particular the ?bounds? for the crop box). > > Note that by default the page bounds are not saved by Skim, as they are part > of the PDF data which we leave alone. So you need to export with embedded > note to have it saved. 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